Back to the Farm Idea Promoted by Unemployment Reports
The Charlotte Observer argues urban job scarcity may spur white residents to repopulate rural areas. It notes farm labor remains steady, depopulation over a decade, and predicts a notable drift back to farms with white ownership and self-sustaining livelihoods amid cotton-price hurts. A typhoid-stricken father witnesses his daughter Susie Hill die after a fire incident in Lenoir County.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Observer
Lenoir County
Susie Hill
Sandy Bottom
Jacob Hill
Crook Plays Prompt a Viewer to Choose Hamlet or Cabaret
A Washington Star report captures a man with a long hat debating theater options. He asks what Hamlet is about and is told of murder, revenge, and a deadly finale. He then opts for a cabaret instead, signaling fatigue with tragedy.
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Crook
Washington Star
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promoted for Malaria Strength
An advertisement extols Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as invigorating to the pale and sickly, claiming it strengthens the system and fights malaria. It touts a range of ailments and providers, promising relief where other remedies fail. The copy also mentions Porter's Antiseptic Heating Oil as a remedy related product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Henis
Siberian Recruits Move Toward Front in Russia's War Effort
Across Russia crowds watch young Siberians march to stations to join the western front. Observers describe their stature and gear, and contrast their pride with the land issues cited in the exposé. The piece also lists 1914 farm crop values and production data from the Agriculture Department.
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Petrograd
Outfit Department
Armory
Russia
Tonada
New Zealand
Rellet
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Monroe Testimony
A 50 year history of Doan's Kidney Pills for weak kidneys is highlighted with a Monroe N C resident Mrs E McCorker citing dramatic relief from rheumatic pains and urinary symptoms after use. The ad urges buyers to ask for Doan's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Bright
Doan
Monroe
E. McCorker
Hayne St
N. C
English Drug Co
Price Inc
Dean
Christmas Tree Plan For Passing Children In Spartanburg
Local officials of the Woman's Missionary Union, several Sunday schools and Y W A members of Converse College coordinate a Christmas tree distribution in the Southern Railway station. Each child passing through on train connections will receive a reminder of the holiday spirit from the cut and prepared tree.
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Spartanburg
Southern Railway
Christias
Woman's Missionary Union
Converse Collozo
Recocious Child and Labor Law Threats Reported
A fragment recalls a confrontation where a speaker asks why a child named Tommy was not restrained. The reply cites a threat to invoke child labor law, implying legal action over the youth’s conduct or schooling.
Train Schedule and Land Sale Notice for Monroe NC 1914
Rail timetable lists arrival and departure times for multiple trains between Monroe Wilmington New York Birmingham and Raleigh with connections and contact officials. Land sale notice announces auction of 72 acre tract in Union County on January 11 1915 under court order, describing boundaries and dower estate of E A Benton with attorney details.
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Monroe
N. C
Seaboard Air Line
Charlotte
Wilmington
New York
Birmingham
Portsm
Atlanta
Portland
Rutherfordton
Ilmington
York
Raleigh
Halen
Farthen
J. Brigman
Ticket Agt
John T. West
C. B. Ryan
G.P.A
Norfolk
Superior Court of
Union County
R.C. Griffin
Loma Taylor
Court House
North Carolina
Crooked Creek
Frank Keziah
Wm. Crook
J. H. Griffin
Office of Register of Deeds
E. A. Benton
D. W. Benton
John C. Sikes
Redwine & Sikes, Attys
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Santa
Claus
Brother
Union
Nassiff & Joseph, Proprietors
Old Reliable Drug Store
PRICE
John Griffith
Plete
Neath Hardware CO
Monroe, N. C
Mans IN
New World
Partment of
Reidneys
Tommy
W. W. Hargett
Seaboard
H. B. Havely
C. E
Cnye
Bare General Engineering
Paone No
Belk-Bunday
Monroe, N. 0
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